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"In an attempt to track down criminals, federal investigators have started using new “keyword warrants” and used them to ask Google to provide them information on anyone who searched a victim’s name or their address during a particular year, an accidentally unsealed court document that Forbes found shows." ..........snip.............
"“This never-before-possible technique threatens First Amendment interests and will inevitably sweep up innocent people, especially if the keyword terms are not unique and the time frame not precise. To make matters worse, police are currently doing this in secret, which insulates the practice from public debate and regulation,” she added."
Google is also filtering and misdirecting searches at an increasing rate. Such that it is not a good search engine any longer. There are many many search engines out there. There is not need to use google any longer. Avoid duckduck, very slow and you cannot use advanced syntax. The Feds are more and more like the old soviet KGB with every passing day.
"In an attempt to track down criminals, federal investigators have started using new “keyword warrants” and used them to ask Google to provide them information on anyone who searched a victim’s name or their address during a particular year, an accidentally unsealed court document that Forbes found shows." ..........snip.............
"“This never-before-possible technique threatens First Amendment interests and will inevitably sweep up innocent people, especially if the keyword terms are not unique and the time frame not precise. To make matters worse, police are currently doing this in secret, which insulates the practice from public debate and regulation,” she added."
I assume zero online privacy and don’t have anything to hide.
Since I use a credit card for nearly everything, including $1 ice tea or Cokes at Mc Donald’s and belong to too many loyalty plans, I assume my purchasing habits are on record, somewhere.
I have a smart phone too.
If this information helps LE find a kidnapper, rapist, killer, terrorist etc so be it.
Google has an 86% market share. I don’t think it is too concerned about competition.
So you're of oligarch like monopolies then?
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